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==ICANN's Primary Policies on Registry Services==

==Policies on Registry Services==

[[ICANN]] has two primary requirements regarding the registry services: <ref>[http://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/crai-report-24oct08-en.pdf Revisiting Vertical Separation of Registries and Registrars]</ref>

[[ICANN]] has two primary requirements regarding the registry services: <ref>[http://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/crai-report-24oct08-en.pdf Revisiting Vertical Separation of Registries and Registrars]</ref>

# First, registries of unsponsored top level domains TLDs can only charge registrars to register new domain names with the initial maximum price established by ICANN. For [[.com]], [[.info]], [[.biz]], [[.org]] and [[.name]], price cap for new domain name registration or renewals is $6.00. They are allowed to increase the price annually based on the set percentage; 7% for .com and 10% to other unsponsored TLDs. The price cap for [[.net]] is $3.50 and the authorized percentage increase per year is 10% while the initial maximum price for  new registrations of third-level domain names [[.pro]] is $6.00 and $6.50 for second-level domain names. ICANN has no price restrictions for sponsored TLDs ([[sTLD]]s).

# First, registries of unsponsored top level domains (TLD)s can only charge registrars to register new domain names with the initial maximum price established by ICANN. They are allowed to increase the price annually based on the set percentage; 7% for .com and 10% to other unsponsored TLDs.

# Second, registry operators are not allowed to own more than 15% of registrars within the TLD.

# Second, registry operators are not allowed to own more than 15% of registrars within the TLD.